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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES LA0055522

LAKE CHARLES LNG COMPANY, LLC, Lake Charles, LA: NPDES LA0055522 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LAKE CHARLES LNG COMPANY, LLC holds NPDES permit LA0055522, which discharges to Devil'S Elbow Ic-Calcasieu River. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedLAKE CHARLES LNG COMPANY, LLC
Permittee as filedLAKE CHARLES LNG COMPANY, LLC
NPDES IDLA0055522
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 20, 2017
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2022
AddressLake Charles, LA 70601
Receiving waterDEVIL'S ELBOW IC-CALCASIEU RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCalcasieu River-Prien Lake (HUC 080802060303)
SIC4491 – Marine Cargo Handling
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler LAD089791032; ICIS-AIR source LA0000002201900098

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal general4106June 30, 202499,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended10184March 31, 2025478% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant28280
pH20240
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]10120
Oil and grease8100
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C460
Oil & Grease220
Lead, total [as Pb]210
Benzene210
BTEX210

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 25, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This EPA permit register page covers NPDES permit LA0055522, held by LAKE CHARLES LNG COMPANY, LLC of Lake Charles, LA, which discharges to the DEVIL'S ELBOW IC-CALCASIEU RIVER and is administratively continued as a Minor Discharger class permit. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued July 20, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022.